Transfiguring Catholic Schools
Transfiguration Academy, a new interparochial school being formed in Bergen County NJ is well named. The word transfiguration alludes not only to the miracle cited in the synoptic gospels, but also to the changing of appearance and organization of parish schools in an area where Catholic schools have faced declining enrollment and increased costs. Three parochial schools faced with declining enrollments and threatened with closing, have combined to form the multi site academy. Pre K through 4th grade students will attend St John’s school in Bergenfield, and fifth through eighth grade students will attend Ascension school in nearby New Milford. … Continue reading